WaPo Metro Top Story: Lib Governor's Fight to 'Rebuild Public Image

Liberal Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) is in trouble with the voters who elected nearly 15 months ago. In a state that is deep blue in presidential elections and has a 2:1 Democratic registration advantage, the former local Irish rocker is getting a chorus of boos from voters with poll numbers in the mid to high 30s. One major factor: the tax-hiking special legislative session he called in…
Ken Shepherd
 

Open Thread

NB Staff
 

Barack Obama, Proving the Right Was Right

One of the refreshing things about the contest this year on the Democratic side is that we are finally seeing the Clintons receive the scrutiny that they ought to have had during the time Bill Clinton was running and serving as president.Of course, much of the critiques you'll hear are about Hillary Clinton not being sufficiently leftish. Not all are of this nature, though. Under an increasingly…
Matthew Sheffield
 

Brokaw: My Most Conservative Friend Might Vote for Hillary

Tom Brokaw says his most conservative friend has told him he might vote for Hillary Clinton. I for one believe the former NBC News anchor. Hillary supporters might indeed constitute the rightmost fringe of his friend set. The revelation occurred on today's Morning Joe.View video here.
Mark Finkelstein
 

Tax C-C-C-C ..... Changes: NYT Won't ID Major Irish Economic Success F

In an article (HT Jim Taranto at Best of the Web) describing Ireland's emergence as an European Union powerhouse ("Entrepreneurship Takes Off in Ireland"), reporter James Flanigan of the New York Times simply could not bring himself to specifically identify one of the main reasons for the country's success (bolds are mine): Ireland is now alive with enthusiasm for entrepreneurs, who seemingly…
Tom Blumer
 

Not Bad: Washington Post Plays March for Life on A

Tim Graham
 

Weekly Standard Spoofs Matthews' Pollsters Should = 'Archie Bunker

Catching up: Picking up on Chris Matthews' New Hampshire primary night suggestion (reported that evening on NewsBusters) -- that if pollsters called with an “Archie Bunker voice” they'd “get a more honest answer” -- last week's Weekly Standard magazine's “Parody” page conjured up an imaginary memo to pollsters advising them to mimic the voice of actor Carroll O'Connor's character. Amongst the…
Brent Baker
 

Joe Kennedy Uses Latest Citgo Commercial to Slam U.S. Government and

P.J. Gladnick
 

PBS Scoops ABC, NBC, CBS – Notices Thousands of Protesters Filling D

Only Jim Lehrer's NewsHour mentions the 35th Anniversary March for Life.
Brian Fitzpatrick
 

On Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Decision, Law & Order: SVU Depicts Pro-L

Note to NBC: Not all pro-life activists are nut jobs who break the law to advance their mission.
Colleen Raezler
 

US Was 'Set Up' to 'Take the Flak' for China, India at Bali Conference

Lynn Davidson
 

Bozell Column: McCain, Again a Media Darling

Every four years, the media try to offer the Republican electorate advice on what the GOP should do to achieve victory. Buyer beware: those eager to accept the media’s conventional "wisdom" ought to recognize that these are blueprints for Republican domination of Washington only if it’s a domination by the party’s liberal wing. Currently, the simmering stew of conventional "wisdom" suggests that…
Brent Bozell
 

NBC's Ned Colt Ponders: Osama Bin Laden 'Fanatic' or 'Hero

Geoffrey Dickens
 

Newsweek's Meacham: Media Bias Is Toward Conflict, Not Ideology

Although a recent Sacred Heart University poll indicated 45.4 percent of respondents thought journalists and broadcasters are mostly or somewhat liberal - the bias isn't ideologically driven according to Newsweek editor Jon Meacham. Meacham appeared on Comedy Central's January 21 "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and told viewers the media gear reporting toward conflict. "I absolutely…
Jeff Poor